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Oloro, Ageless Ascetic – ***-Tier Lifegain Control Deck

This Oloro (Esper) Commander deck is built as a “lifegain control” / pillow-fort combo. You constantly gain life (from Oloro and other sources) while using tax effects and prevention to deter attacks on you
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. Opponents are encouraged to fight each other (or lose to your life-drain combos) while you sit back with protective tricks. Key elements include a massive life-gain engine, strong deterrents (Ghostly Prison style effects), damage-redirection spells (Mirror Strike, etc.), and efficient win-con combos. Below are the main strategy points, card categories, and examples (with references to common decklists and synergy data):

Life-Gain Engine & Finishers

Soul Sisters & Lifegain Creatures: Include Soul Warden, Soul’s Attendant, Rhox Faithmender and similar. These give incremental life whenever creatures enter (or deal damage), quickly padding your total
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. (EDHREC data shows Soul Warden in ~67% of Oloro lists
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.)

Life-boosting Enchantments/Artifacts: Well of Lost Dreams and Alhammarret’s Archive double or capitalize on your life-gain triggers
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. Archangel of Thune and Felidar Sovereign turn high life totals into a win (Felidar at 40 life)
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.

Drain Combos: The classic Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood loop lets you drain all opponents’ life as you gain life
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. Often Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose is included too (gives your lifegain a damage boost)
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. These combos are prevalent in Oloro decks (around 65–80% of lists)
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.

Aetherflux Reservoir: This artifact lets you turn massive life into a one-shot kill via a storm finish
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.

Defensive “Pillow Fort” Tax Effects

Ghostly Prison / Propaganda / Sphere of Safety: These enchantments make attackers pay to hit you. For example, Ghostly Prison appears in ~80% of pillow-fort Oloro decks
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. Such effects force opponents to think twice before swinging at you.

Authority of the Consuls / Blind Obedience: Early-game taxes (creatures tap when attacking, extort) further slow down enemy aggression
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.

Orim’s Prayer / Orim’s Chant: With Oloro commanding, Orim’s Prayer (“gain 1 life per attacking creature”) is an especially strong deterrent
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. One analysis notes that gaining life on each attack is “arguably better than Ghostly Prison” for an Oloro deck
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 – it both punishes attackers (you gain life) and triggers Oloro.

Fog Bank / Walls / Defenders: Early blockers like Fog Bank or Wall of Reverence can stall attackers completely (Fog Bank literally can’t be blocked)
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. EDHREC “Defenders” category shows Fog Bank in 100% of curated Oloro defender builds
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.

Kambal, Consul of Allocation: Taxes opponents for casting non-lifegain spells, synergizing with your focus on life
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.

Reactive & Redirective Spells

Mirror Strike: A key instant that redirects an unblocked attacker’s damage back to its controller. EDHREC lists Mirror Strike in sample Oloro lists
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. It’s a classic “I’ll kill you with your own creature” trick.

Turn the Tables: An instant that says “if a source would deal damage to you, it deals that damage to its controller instead.” This effectively punishes any attacker (or even a direct burn spell) by redirecting damage back
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Comeuppance: Prevents all damage to you from creatures and deals that much damage to their controllers. In multiplayer this can clear out attackers entirely.

Illusionist’s Gambit / Restore the Peace: Bounce or exile all creatures that have dealt damage (e.g. Restore the Peace returns all creatures that dealt damage this turn to their owners’ hands
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). These reset the board if you’re under attack.

Reins of Power: A powerful instant that untaps all creatures and swaps control of the entire board with one opponent for a turn
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. In practice this can cause chaos (your opponent’s creatures suddenly on your side, then you swing them at her!) and often makes enemies redirect aggression.

Teferi’s Protection / Pazuzu’s/Platinum Angel: Ultimate defensive cards – e.g. Teferi’s Protection effectively ends any attack against you and phases everything out. Platinum Angel ensures you can’t lose the game.

Removal, Counters & Control

Point Removal: Cheap answers like Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile are staples
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 (in ~70% of decks). EDHREC shows Swords in ~72% of Oloro decks
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. Use them liberally on big threats or to break up combos.

Board Wipes: Supreme Verdict (and its variants) clears the board when things get out of hand
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. Slowing opponents is crucial, and board wipes make a come-back from behind possible.

Counters and Soft Control: A few counterspells (Counterspell, Dovin’s Veto) and bounce spells (Cyclonic Rift) help you maintain control
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. A few tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Enlightened Tutor) ensure you hit your key pieces.

Sample Key Cards and Builds

Combine the above elements. In practice your deck might include:

Tax/Pillow Enchantments: Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, Sphere of Safety, Authority of the Consuls, Orim’s Prayer
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.

Life-Gain Engine: Soul Warden, Soul’s Attendant, Serra Ascendant, Rhox Faithmender
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; Well of Lost Dreams, Alhammarret’s Archive, Batterskull, Loxodon Warhammer.

Damage-Redirection: Mirror Strike
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, Turn the Tables
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, Illusionist’s Gambit, Comeuppance.

Big Finishers: Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood (combo kill)
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, Aetherflux Reservoir (mass-drain bomb)
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, Felidar Sovereign (40-life instant win)
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.

Removal & Utility: Swords to Plowshares
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, Path to Exile, Cyclonic Rift, Supreme Verdict
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. Tutors (Demonic/Vampiric/Enlightened) and card-draw (Rhystic Study, Venser’s Journal, Well of Lost Dreams) keep answers flowing.

Protection: Teferi’s Protection (game-ending protection), Platinum Angel or Sadistic Hypnotist effects to safeguard your lifetotal and combo plans.

( Lands: A robust mana base with shock/dual lands, fetchlands (Godless Shrine, Watery Grave, etc.), Command Tower, Exotic Orchard, Vault of Champions for lifegain, etc. EDHREC shows Command Tower in ~91% of Oloro decks and a mix of Esper tri-lands, shocks, fetches
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.)

Strategy Summary

With this build, you never want to be a target. Tax and deter attacks with Ghostly Prison and similar cards
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. If someone still hits you, bounce or redirect the damage with Mirror Strike, Turn the Tables, or even Exile the attacker (Restore the Peace)
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. Meanwhile, rack up life (Oloro’s upkeep, Soul Sisters, lifelinking creatures) to fuel your win conditions. Eventually you either combo out (Sanguine+Exquisite or Vito + Bond) or simply kill off opponents with Aetherflux or Felidar Sovereign. This makes opponents hesitate to touch you, and often they end up clearing each other’s boards or even falling to your life-drain effects.

In short, this “safe place” Oloro deck is built to endure everything and turn an attacker’s aggression right back on them. With the right mix of taxes, redirection tricks, and lifegain combos (all common in top-tier Oloro lists
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), you’ll stay alive while your opponents fight among themselves – exactly what you asked for.

Sources: Recommendations are based on high-synergy Oloro decklists and analyses. EDHREC data shows the prevalence of cards like Ghostly Prison, Swords, Sanguine Bond, etc. in lifegain Oloro builds
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. The StarCityGames Oloro article notes Orim’s Prayer as a powerful defensive trick
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. These illustrate the kind of cards and strategy that make an Oloro deck into a “***-tier” lifegain fortress.

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Oloro, Ageless Ascetic|$23.11

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Total Price: $746.32

"This Oloro Commander deck is centered around lifegain control, pillow-fort strategies, and life-drain combos. It includes key elements such as a robust life-gain engine, defensive tax effects, reactive spells, big finishers, removal, counters, and protective cards like Teferi's Protection and Platinum Angel. The deck aims to deter attacks, gain massive life, and win through draining opponents' life totals or by executing combo kills like Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood. The mana base includes shocklands, dual lands, fetchlands, Command Tower, and other mana-fixing lands for stability."- EDHGen.ai

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Creature (26)

Soul Warden|$3.56

Soul's Attendant|$4.81

Rhox Faithmender|$2.33

Archangel of Thune|$49.09

Felidar Sovereign|$2.19

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose|$7.02

Fog Bank|$0.22

Wall of Reverence|$0.51

Kambal, Consul of Allocation|$11.32

Platinum Angel|$7.91

Sadistic Hypnotist|$0.62

Nadir Kraken|$0.17

Confessor|$0.23

Skirge Familiar|$0.27

Queza, Augur of Agonies|$0.12

Healer of the Pride|$0.26

Voltaic Construct|$1.88

Gravecrawler|$1.47

Stonework Packbeast|$0.05

Xathrid Necromancer|$0.14

Sun Titan|$0.28

MJ, Rising Star|$0.68

Karlov of the Ghost Council|$11.63

Enduring Tenacity|$4.46

Spider-Man, Peter Parker|$15.84

Gwenom, Remorseless|$11.07

Instant (14)

Mirror Strike|$0.51

Turn the Tables|$0.46

Comeuppance|$0.43

Illusionist's Gambit|$0.45

Restore the Peace|$0.05

Reins of Power|$1.62

Teferi's Protection|$50.71

Swords to Plowshares|$1.49

Path to Exile|$1.16

Counterspell|$1.54

Dovin's Veto|$2.11

Cyclonic Rift|$44.90

Vampiric Tutor|$56.32

Enlightened Tutor|$31.61

Sorcery (4)

Supreme Verdict|$1.75

Demonic Tutor|$49.22

Toxic Deluge|$5.92

Villainous Wrath|$0.92

Enchantment (15)

Urza's Saga|$35.89

Sanguine Bond|$3.26

Exquisite Blood|$17.90

Ghostly Prison|$5.06

Propaganda|$2.26

Sphere of Safety|$2.07

Authority of the Consuls|$6.10

Blind Obedience|$3.03

Orim's Prayer|$0.50

Rhystic Study|$47.79

Ajani's Welcome|$2.69

Training Grounds|$4.49

Conspiracy|$2.94

Minion's Return|$0.27

Phyrexian Arena|$2.92

Artifact (9)

Well of Lost Dreams|$1.14

Alhammarret's Archive|$19.08

Aetherflux Reservoir|$20.24

Venser's Journal|$10.03

Batterskull|$4.66

Loxodon Warhammer|$1.68

Ashnod's Altar|$8.71

Sol Ring|$1.47

Shorikai, Genesis Engine|$2.46

Land (32)

2xSwamp|$null

2xIsland|$null

2xPlains|$null

Vault of the Archangel|$0.58

Radiant Fountain|$0.34

Reliquary Tower|$2.22

Urza's Saga|$35.89

Temple of the False God|$0.12

Maze of Ith|$7.76

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire|$3.85

Hall of Heliod's Generosity|$6.87

Bojuka Bog|$0.96

Command Tower|$0.23

Godless Shrine|$7.65

Hallowed Fountain|$null

Arcane Sanctum|$0.29

Watery Grave|$7.44

Raffine's Tower|$11.53

Isolated Chapel|$0.35

Exotic Orchard|$0.24

Glacial Fortress|$0.27

Marsh Flats|$21.40

Flooded Strand|$13.88

Vault of Champions|$12.73

Sea of Clouds|$16.20

Polluted Delta|$15.50

Drowned Catacomb|$1.37

Caves of Koilos|$0.74

Morphic Pool|$17.86

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